All jokes aside, women often wonder if men "have feelings". Of course they do!... Surprisingly they actually have "more feelings" than women. From birth, men are trained to be tough, control their emotions, and stay confident throughout any given situation. Here's the D.L. so you can stop questioning him....
Studies show that men typically have a higher nervous system response to emotional stimulation than women. In one study, both women and men were shown a set of 25 emotive photographs–photos that would stimulate strong emotion, such as happy children, people who had been severely injured, etc.–and had their autonomic nervous systems (ANS) examined through heart rate and skin conductance measurements.
Men’s ANS responses were generally higher than the women’s. Women were more likely to express their emotions by talking about how they felt, and research showed that they typically used richer, more expressive, emotional language than men. The higher ANS response in the men was a reflection of the reduced expression of their emotions.
A high ANS response is not very healthy. It might partly explain the much higher incidences of heart disease in men than in women. A high ANS response suggests that the body is under stress, and prolonged stress is unhealthy, especially for the heart.
Suppressing emotion is also linked with a faster rate of progression of some serious diseases, even cancer. It may even be correlated with the thickness of tumours. Those who bottle up negative emotion were found in one research study to have thicker tumours than those who express emotion. And having a high ANS response is linked with this.
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